David Brainerd | |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1744 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 April 1718 |
| Died | 9 October 1747 Northampton, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Minister, missionary |
David Brainerd (April 20, 1718 – October 9, 1747) was an American Presbyterian minister and missionary to the Native Americans among the Delaware Indians of New Jersey. Missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Elliot, and Brainerd's cousin, the Second Great Awakening evangelist James Brainerd Taylor (1801–1829) cite Brainerd as inspiration.